Here's another glance at the future via the past. Above we see a 1905 postcard depicting New York's future as a skyscraper-crowded aviation superhub. The postcard's reverse caption read as follows:

"Future New york will be preeminently the city of skyscrapers. The first steel frame structure that was regarded as a skyscraper was the Tower Building, 50 Broadway. There are now over a thousand buildings this high in Manhattan'. Aeroplanes and metro-cars can be seen intersecting the city."

Say what you want about the image, but the basic vision is pretty solid on this one.

About the Author: Robert Lamb spent his childhood reading books and staring into the woods — first in Newfoundland, Canada and then in rural Tennessee. There was also a long stretch in which he was terrified of alien abduction. He earned a degree in creative writing. He taught high school and then attended journalism school. He wrote for the smallest of small-town newspapers before finally becoming a full-time science writer and podcaster. He’s currently a senior writer at HowStuffWorks and has co-hosted the science podcast Stuff to Blow Your Mind since its inception in 2010. In his spare time, he enjoys traveling with his wife Bonnie, discussing dinosaurs with his son Bastian and crafting the occasional work of fiction.